We could also go into politics and ask that about how the Trump administration squashed a study that showed immigrants are a net financial gain to the U.S., to the tune of billlllions and billllions of dollars:http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/white-house-rejected-report-showing. That's yuge. (I mean, not as much as the extra $700B to the Pentagon the Republican congress just threw in, but remember: we can't afford health care!).

Finished season 1 of The Good Place on Netforx. Very good, and not just for network TV. Denser with jokes than any previous Michael Schur show, and great actors/characters, only starting with Ted Danson. Really hits its stride in the second half of the season. Bonus for all the Arizona references.

we are almost done. I'd like not having boner, orgy, sex jokes. It's a good show with surprisingly bad/amateurish camera work.

John Willoughby – September 24, 2017 05:30PMReplyQuoteCyberdyne Systems Customer Support

I realize that the first Kingsman movie required a rather specific mindset and set of expectations, but I quite liked it. I did not like the sequel. Too much wackiness, not enough plot, too much of a particular cameo for me. Some nice callbacks, though, and I always like Mark Strong.

I don't know -- there are so many other movies/TV/etc that are going straight away from the grimdark that so many producers thought was so acclaimed. Look at the response of the Wonder Woman movie relative to Batman v Superman v The Audience.

I've been stuck in bed the last few days so I picked a Netflix movie based on its recommendation without looking up imdb

It was Bad Batch.

It was bad.

John Willoughby – October 02, 2017 07:05AMReplyQuoteCyberdyne Systems Customer Support

I was suckered into watching MacGruber over the weekend. Who'd have thought that a mediocre SNL sketch stretched to movie length and given a movie budget would be as much fun as a really long, mediocre SNL sketch?

Anyone still watching Halt and Catch Fire? I was only keeping up out of boredom and completionism for the first few seasons, but damn, it's become an emotional powerhouse. Could Toby Huss always break our hearts with a few lines and expressions, or is this a recent thing? And I guess Lee Pace can, in fact, act, though that seems like a recent thing.

The "oh, I get it, they're standing in for Compaq|Jobs|Yahoo|etc". was always the least interesting part of it.